Cool Globes

2008-08-04T14:00:02-07:00

Cool Globes is a US-wide project that was launched in Chicago last year using the power of art to bring a more positive message about the need to "cool" the planet. Here in the San Francisco bay area where I live we're gearing up for a Cool Globes exhibition in Chrissy Field. It opens this Tuesday and will be showing through October 12th.

Here's a video of local artist Lauren Davies creating her piece - "The Butterfly & the Tsunami":

Plan B 3.0

2008-07-08T18:47:29-07:00

Here's a book suggestion from Dennis Dougherty, who says " Lester R. Brown reviews our global resource situation and provides strategic action plans to start to rectify our use of our global resources.":

Announcing A Learning Journey to New Orleans

2008-05-05T16:57:00-07:00

How Communities Respond to Change and Catastrophe
A Learning Journey to New Orleans

New Orleans, June 12 – 15

Led by Margaret (Meg) Wheatley with Nancy Margulies

Margaret (Meg) Wheatley will lead a very special learning inquiry into the neighborhoods of New Orleans most affected by Hurricane Katrina. She will facilitate conversations with leaders of a number of community-based organizations and efforts that have brought about real change through creative approaches, high levels of community engagement and sheer perseverance since the storm.

Nancy Margulies will join Meg Wheatley in leading the journey. She has worked with non-profits and universities in New Orleans to assist with recovery efforts and has partnered with Meg for many years as both a co-facilitator and a visual recorder. Nancy’s unique visual work will document the journey.

If you are a community leader, developer or planner, the manager of a non-profit or for-profit organization, a disaster planner, or someone looking for better ways to develop leadership in today’s world, don’t miss this unique opportunity.

Many grass-roots efforts have succeeded despite the many governmental and bureaucratic failures in New Orleans’ recovery efforts. These self-organized community efforts are bringing neighborhoods back to life and making life meaningful again for New Orleans citizens. During this learning inquiry, we will spend time in several different communities within New Orleans and learn how they worked together, how they generated local leadership to reclaim and rebuild their neighborhoods, and how they sustained themselves and their work over many years of hardship and frustration.

From working in some of the most desperate areas on the planet, Meg has learned that “Whatever the problem, community is the answer.” Meg’s major interest is how people, organizations and communities can maintain their integrity, focus and effectiveness as they respond to continuous change and occasional catastrophes.

Since Katrina, Meg and Nancy have been learning from the remarkable community efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans, and they are leading this Learning Journey so that people can harvest the learnings of these extraordinary communities and people. The structure of the journey will also give participants ample time to reflect together on lessons learned that need to be carried back to their own organizations. In this way, the experiences and wisdom gained from the catastrophe of Katrina will be able to disseminate and support many other communities and leaders.

Participation in the Learning Inquiry will be limited in order to keep the group small to facilitate learning.

If you want to find out more, go to www.NOLALearningInquiry.com
or contact Jackie Newman at Concordia, LLC, 504-569-1818, jnewman@concordia.com.

World Café in WorldChanging

2008-04-16T16:57:00-07:00

The World Café was listed as a resource in the excellent resource manual for a new earth, WorldChanging!

Innovation Saves Lives

2008-02-22T18:06:42-08:00

Nancy Margulies sent the link for this video, saying "With a simple invention and a great deal of creativity, this village's water problem was solved."

climatechange

Cool Globes

Plan B 3.0

Announcing A Learning Journey to New Orleans

World Café in WorldChanging

Innovation Saves Lives